Web browser contacts plug-in

Abstract

A system for collecting information from visited websites in a web browser. The system includes a web browser plug-in application having a set of user preferences for collecting certain target information from website. The system monitors the user navigating to one or more selected web-sites and parsing the websites for relevant target information. The system then compares the target information with the verified information stored in the database to generate relevant verified information. The user is alerted to the relevant verified website information and any target information that was not matched to the database. The user is then given the option of storing the relevant verified website information or searching for additional information. The unmatched information could potentially be crowd sourced to find the verified information or saved as verified information on its own. The user can then import the collected information into a workstation application.

1 . A system for collecting data from a website, comprising:
 a server system in communication with a database and a network, wherein said server contains a web-crawler program for collecting site data from one or more target websites, wherein in the collected site data is stored in said database;   said database containing verified data and collected site data;   a client computer in communication with said server and said network, wherein said client computer includes a web browser and a browser plug-in tool for collecting target data from one or more websites visited by said web browser;   said plug-in tool operable on said client computer and/or said server system, wherein said plug-in tool analyzes and compares said target data with said verified data and said site data stored in said database, said plug-in tool alerting a user when said target data is found and/or matched in said database.   
     
     
         2 . The system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 said plug-in tool visually alerting said user of a match between said target data and said verified or site data stored in said database.   
     
     
         3 . The system according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 said plug-in tool providing said user with the option of linking said matched target data with said verified or site data stored in said database.   
     
     
         4 . The system according to  claim 3 , further comprising:
 said plug-in tool importing said matched target data into a contact management application operable on said client computer and/or said server system.   
     
     
         5 . The system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 said plug-in tool using said target data to parse said site data and said verified data to determine peer or group relationship data among said target, site and verified data.   
     
     
         6 . The system according to  claim 5 , further comprising:
 said plug-in tool using said peer or group relationship data to determine key statistics among said target, site and verified data.   
     
     
         7 . A web-crawler computer program for collecting data from a web-site, using a web-browser plug-in, comprising a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
 accessing a target website on a client computer system connected to a network;   parsing said target web-site for target information;   storing said target information in a database containing verified information;   comparing said target information with said verified information to generate a status condition;   alerting a user of said status condition, and providing said user with an option of generating collection data or linking said target information with said verified information to generate verified data.   
     
     
         8 . The web-crawler computer program according to  claim 7 , further comprising:
 providing a visual and/or audio alert to said user of said status condition.   
     
     
         9 . The web-crawler computer program according to  claim 8 , further comprising:
 providing said user with the option of verifying said status condition with a crowd sourced information update.   
     
     
         10 . The web-crawler computer program according to  claim 7 , further comprising:
 importing said verified data into a contact management application.   
     
     
         11 . The web-crawler computer program according to  claim 7 , further comprising:
 said web-browser plug-in using said target information to parse said verified information data to determine peer or group relationship data.   
     
     
         12 . The web-crawler computer program according to  claim 11 , further comprising:
 said web-browser plug-in using said peer or group relationship data to determine key statistics among said target and verified information.   
     
     
         13 . A computer-implemented method of collecting target information from a web-site through a web-browser plug-in, said method comprising:
 accessing a target website;   parsing said web-site for target information;   storing said target information in a database containing verified information;   comparing said target information with said verified information to generate a status condition;   alerting a user of said status condition, and providing said user with an option of generating collection data or linking said target information with said verified information to generate verified data.   
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 13 , further comprising:
 providing a visual and/or audio alert to said user of said status condition.   
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 13 , further comprising:
 providing said user with the option of verifying said status condition with a crowd sourced information update.   
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 13 , further comprising:
 importing said verified data into a contact management application.   
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 13 , further comprising:
 said web-browser plug-in using said target information to parse said verified information data to determine peer or group relationship data.   
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 17 , further comprising:
 said web-browser plug-in using said relationship data to determine key statistics among said target and verified information.   
     
     
         19 . The method according to  claim 17 , wherein the said plug-in is executed on one or more cloud server systems. 
     
     
         20 . The method according to  claim 17 , wherein the said plug-in is executed on a client computer system.